Lot of ca. 55 pieces.

Various techniques, various sizes (minor defects, some browned).

1. Mercator, G. - Alsatia landgraviatus, cum Suntgoia et Grisgoia. Engr., 39,5 x 80 cm, hand-coloured. Map by G. Blaeu and extracted from the Dutch 1642-1643 edition of the "Theatrum orbis terrarum". Ref. van der Krogt II [2520:2]. - 2. Cruikshank, G. - The "nec plus ultra" of "Life in London". Hand-coloured etching and aquatint. Satyrical print and illustration to Pierce Egan's Life in London. The title continues: - Kate, Sue, Tom, Jerry and Logic, viewing the Throne Room at Carlton Palace. - 3. News print by Franz Hogenberg figuring the French Wars of Religion, more specifically the punishment of Barnabé Brison, president of the Parliament, because of treachery in Paris (19 December 1591). - 4. Lenghi, G. - Salita al Vesuvio. Hand-coloured lithograph. Sightseers struggling up the steep slopes of Vesuvius, aided over the volcanic rubble by guides. One woman is carried in a chair. From Lenghi's "Raccolta di Costumi Napoletani". - 5. 11 engr. (3 coloured) of London after Thomas H. Shepherd by Barber, Barenger, Lacy, Tombleson, Wallis, and others. - 6. 22 (of which 7 coloured) engr., of Beauraing, Beloeil, Delft, Han, The Hague, and other places in the Netherlands by Jobard after C. Bos, Howen, E. Trumper, etc. - 7. "Le Grimacier. Le Troubadour Parisien. Les Jongleurs Indiens. l'Incomparable Bobèche". Handcol. engr. catchpenny print, possibly from "Le Bon Genre". - 8. Madeleine Barbedor. - Pl. from "D'aujourd'hui et de toujours" by Henry de Montherlant (Brussels, Toison d'Or, 1944). - 9. Musset, Paul de. - Voyage pittoresque en Italie (Paris, Morizot, 1860). 6 steel engr. by Rouargues Frères. - 10. 9 b/w engr. of St.-Peters Basilica and the Vatican in Rome, Doge's Palace in Venice, the Old Palace in Florence, Braubach am Rhein and Mainz, Malta and Gibraltar by C. Bentley, E. Challis, J. Tingle, Turnbull after T. Allom, W.H. Bardett, J. Franklin, W.I. Leitch, etc.